Phoenix Rising

I am the light,

I am tired,

I am hurting,

I am angry,

I am sad,

I am filled with all the words unsaid.

I am drowning in the tears not yet shed.

I am weighed down by my fears.

I am exhausted by the pain.

I am weary from manifestations of injuries past.

I am there again and again.

I am reaching out for the here and now.

I ride on the crest of a wave.

I reach my shore.

I put both feet in the present.

I tip my head back.

I open my wounds.

I bare my soul.

I open my throat and roar

I welcome the light to pour in.

I am the light.

Phoenix